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Current & Completed Research

Current Research:

Co-Investigator: Mitigating the forgetting curve in Blood Transfusion Competency among Novice Nurses using Escape Room Gaming Strategy- A Randomized Control Study – Under Development

Primary Investigator: Understanding the Impact of Using Hand-held Mobile Devices for BCMA on Medication Errors and Near Misses – Under IRB Review

Primary Investigator: Measuring the Impact of a Generative Artificial Intelligent Self-Care Educational
Intervention (Ai-SCI) on Nursing Students Burn-Out: RCT- IRB Approved Expedited Study

Co-Investigator: Studying patient and provider outcomes using a Smart- Sensor Based Incontinent System- Under IRB Review Pending.

Co-Investigator: Perceptions of nurses regarding opioid use disorder post an educational intervention- IRB Approved Exempt Study- May 2022. Role: Initial red-cap quantitative data analysis, educational module development on the pathophysiology of addictions, assisting with final quantitative data analysis.

Completed Research: 

Primary Investigator: The impact of the use of mobile-handheld devices on bar-code medication administration overrides – IRB Approved Expedited Study- Jan 2023. Role: Lead investigator, data mining, coding, and quantitative analysis, workflow mapping, writing, and reporting quantitative findings.

Co-Investigator: Studying coping and adaptation of front-line clinical nurses during Covid-19 Surge: A mixed method study- 2020. Role: Qualitative Content Analysis with writing and reporting qualitative findings, and manuscript development for publication.

Co-Investigator: Studying effects of animal-assisted activities on mood states and feelings among in-patient psychiatric populations- 2019. Role: Qualitative Content Analysis with writing and reporting qualitative findings and manuscript development for publication.

Co-Investigator: Making fall risk assessment clinically relevant in an in-patient psychiatric unit- 2017. Role: Data mining and extracting medical reports from Electronic Health Records, Quantitative Data Analysis using MS Excel and SPSS and writing and reporting quantitative findings, and manuscript development for publication.

Primary Investigator: Designing and Developing Virtual Simulations for Cultural Competence using Community Based Participatory Research- 2015. Role: Establishing community advisory boards and conducting mixed quantitative and qualitative analysis, triangulation, writing and reporting findings, and manuscript development for publication.